§ Mr. CameronTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the administrative costs of the Social Fund were in each of the last five financial years; and if he will make a statement. [82079]
§ Malcolm WicksThe information is not available in the format requested. The Department now accounts for its administration and benefit expenditure by Strategic Objective, as set out in its Public Service Agreements (PSA), and by individual Requests for Resources (RfRs) as set out in the Departmental Estimates and Accounts.
Estimates of the cost of administering the Social Fund are available for 1997–98 and 1998–99 and these are shown in the table.
£ Financial year Estimated Social Fund expenditure1 1997–98 1,047,000 1998–99 1,114,000 Note:
The estimated expenditure includes moneys spent on both administering the recovery of Social Fund loans as well as their payment.
Source:
Social Security Departmental Reports 1999–2000 (Figure 50) and 2000–01 to 2001–02 (Figure 42).